This is an analysis of the poem Vivons, Gordes, Vivons, Vivons, Et Pour Le Bruit that begins with:

Vivons, Gordes, vivons, vivons, et pour le bruit
Des vieillards ne laissons à faire bonne chère :...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 101010101101 1101110111 101110111111 1111111111100 01111111010 11101011100 1110101110 11101101101 1100010111 111001011011 100100110010 1010011110100 01101111010 110100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; vivons, et are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines re, te are repeated).

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  • summary of Vivons, Gordes, Vivons, Vivons, Et Pour Le Bruit;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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